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Impact on Cooling Demand with Building Efficiency Programme

20 June 2019
The Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) is an initiative taken by the Government of India to promote energy efficiency in the commercial building sector. The ECBC is a comprehensive code that provides minimum requirements for the energy efficient design and construction of buildings, and is is…

Integrating Demand Side Management in Urban Cooling Systems

20 June 2019
This presentation shared the insights into the demand response scheme at the industrial customers in Singapore. This real case illustrated the benefits of demand response by reducing end-users electricity bills, improving the asset utilization rate, and increasing the efficiency of the whole…

Strengthening Co-Benefits of Health, Climate Change and Air Quality Improvement in Energy Investments in Asian Cities

20 June 2019
Asia and the Pacific have the highest number of air pollution deaths in the world. The health effects were estimated to cost US$ 1.7 trillion in 2016, equivalent to 10% of the regions. Air pollution creates a massive economic burden for governments causing a loss of productive labor, thereby…

PRC’s Carbon Market: Accelerating a Green Economy in the People's Republic of China and Reducing Global Emissions

20 June 2019
Adopting a carbon emission trading system provide a theoretical way to solve the problem of inefficient allocation of carbon emission rights and may bring huge potentials for energy saving and emission reduction. This presentation explored the emission reduction effect of carbon emission trading…

Integrating Renewable Energy through Participative Local Energy Planning

20 June 2019
Globally, cities use 75% of the world’s energy, emitting 75% of all its GHG emissions. Yet most cities do not engage directly in planning for their power requirements. Using a participative decentralized multi-stakeholder local energy planning process undertaken in the Philippines’ largest off-grid…

MWS - The Biggest Advance in Wind Power Ever

20 June 2019
The Madson Wind System (MWS) & MWS Air-Steel Battery are the biggest improvement in Wind Power ever. MWS harvests Wind Energy as Compressed Air (not as electricity), using Hyper Simplified, very robust, very low cost & very low maintenance Wind Turbines. MWS compresses air in stages…

Innovating for a Carbon Smart Future

20 June 2019
In this scene-setting presentation, Jennifer Holmgren emphasized the need to re-think the carbon economy, as well as the need to put carbon only where we need to. Her company, LanzaTech, is a carbon recycling company that is working to deploy carbon capture and reuse facilities globally to make…

Electric Vehicles as Disruption for Sustainable Impact

20 June 2019
The need to find more sustainable options to power demand for personal mobility is greater than ever, and the automotive industry is currently undergoing a big transformation. In this presentation, Mr. Atsushi Najima discussed how electrified mobility can help tackle the continuing challenges of…

Scene Setting: Reimagining a Sustainable World Through the Lens of Impact Investing

19 June 2019
In this presentation, Mr. Rai introduced the concept of impact investing, and how it institutionalized microfinance. He also highlighted problems in the waste and agriculture sectors and sample solutions brought about by impact investment. He also emphasized the potential role of Impact Investing…

BDO's Pathway to the Clean Energy Future

19 June 2019
This presentation gave a brief overview of BDO's portfolio in the Philippines' clean energy space. It also discussed some of the bank's strategies in financing sustainable and renewable energy in the country.